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PAGID AND EURO CAR PARTS SUPPORT WORKSHOPS
DURING ‘BUSIEST-EVER MOT SEASON’
THE UK’S biggestselling
braking
brand, Pagid, and
Euro Car Parts, the
UK’s largest automotive
aftermarket supplier,
are helping UK garages and
workshops make the most
of one of the busiest ‘MOT
seasons’ of recent years with
increased training support
and Pagid’s biggest-ever
braking promotion.
Pagid and Euro Car Parts’
technical services team has
increased in size, now comprising
seven field-based
braking specialists, who are
all fully qualified mechanics
and experts on braking and
the Pagid brand. The team is
on hand to visit customers
and advise on best practice
fitment, new product development
and new Pagid releases,
as well as delivering
training.
Through Euro Car Parts’
Auto Education Academy,
the largest independent automotive
training programme
in the UK, almost 400 mechanics
have completed the
Pagid Professional Academy
training course over the last
three years.
Combining background
theory and practical, handson
skills training, the course
is designed to benefit workshop
technicians at all levels.
The IMI (QAP) Quality
Assured Programme, available
at 30 locations across
the UK, covers brake pads,
discs, shoes and drums, hydraulic
operating systems,
servo operation, brake fluid
and anti-lock systems.
For some major automotive
groups, it has become
the ‘benchmark’ training
programme for their newly
appointed technicians.
Phil Woodcock, Pagid Key
Account Manager for UK
and Eire, said: “Braking is
a significant part of any garage
or workshop’s business
yet braking technologies and
component tolerances have
changed dramatically over
the years, so it’s important
that technicians and mechanics
stay on top of the
latest developments coming
into the market.”
Defective brakes were the
leading contributory factor
– where a vehicle defect was
selected – in all road accidents
in Great Britain from
2013 to 2017, according to
Department for Transport
data, highlighting the need
for regular and thorough
brake servicing and maintenance,
and underlining the
importance of only ever fitting
OE quality brakes from
an approved OE manufacturer.
Colin Cottrell, Central Operations
Director at Euro Car
Parts, said: “Pagid and Euro
Car Parts are committed to
delivering the best-quality
product, supported by firstclass
training and unrivalled
technical support in order
to help our customers deliver
the highest standards of
brake fitment and servicing
to their customers.”
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